I am in two different writers’ groups, and I’ve recently started to share my poems/lyrics in one of them (The South Jersey Writers Group). I have gotten nothing but positive feedback on my two offerings, including this morning, which was at a meeting to discuss blogs, hence this from which you’re reading now.
Thank you, Marie, for your kind words and encouragement. I like to think I’m good at what I do, but I’m obviously biased. When that validation is given by others, especially other WRITERS, it’s simply incredible. Sometimes it’s actually good to be me.
Grasping the Tale of the Fox 
This is why I enjoy our group. We give support and encouragement to each other, and a reminder that even though we haven’t been paid for our work, we have created something, a poem, a song, a story, and we have left our mark on others.
Thank you for reading and commenting! That is what we strive to do, whether we’re aware of it or not, isn’t it? To make an impact, to leave the reader/listener with something that stays. Something that lingers in their memory like….like….like a verbal virus! A benign one, of course!